No. 2 Oregon turns to a goal-setting method used by Shohei Ohtani as it chases a national title

When a young Shohei Ohtani envisioned his future in baseball, he turned to a goal-setting tool created by a Japanese track coach. The Harada Method, which Ohtani used to plan his major league career, has been adopted by No. 2 Oregon in their pursuit of a national championship. Coach Dan Lanning introduced the eight-pillar approach to players during a team retreat this summer.

Quarterback Dante Moore, who will once again start for the Ducks after opting out of the NFL draft, explained that the method "lays out our format of things that we want to do this year." Oregon entered the season with the highest preseason ranking in program history, having reached the College Football Playoff in each of the past two seasons.

The Ducks aim to overcome their two-season shortfall of a national title by focusing on a series of smaller goals outlined in their vision boards.